The Governor of Kaduna State, Nasir El-Rufai, has said that
he was very happy when the Federal Government of Nigeria arrested Nnamdi Kanu
because the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, jumped bail and
jeopardized his sureties.
El-Rufai explained that he was joyful because Kanu
challenged the sovereignty and the authority of a state and incited violence,
describing his own country as a zoo.
The governor said this in an interview on BBC Pidgin on
Friday morning.
Recall that the leader of the separatist group
was arrested last Sunday.
The Federal High Court in Abuja had on Tuesday ordered that
Kanu be remanded in a Department of State Service (DSS) facility, pending the
determination of his trial.
El-Rufai said, “I was very happy [when Nnamdi Kanu was
arrested] because, first, he jumped bail, jeopardizing his sureties.
“Secondly, a person that challenges the sovereignty and the
authority of a state and incites violence; he refers to his own country as a
zoo.
“This should be a message to all these separatists
challenging the authority of the Nigerian State to be very careful.”
Recall that El-Rufai views IPOB as a proscribed
organization that wants Nigeria to break up.
Meanwhile, In February this year, El-Rufai said that the
only solution to end banditry in his state and Nigeria, in general, was to
eliminate bandits, adding that paying ransom was not an option.
The governor claimed in April that the menace of banditry is
beyond the capacity of the Nigeria Police Force, and the Nigeria Security and
Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, amid killings in Southern Kaduna.
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